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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the planet the Master comes from, according to the author?
(a) The planet isn't named
(b) Mars
(c) Xenon
(d) Tripodia

2. What is the government reaction when it's discovered that the Trippy Show is being broadcast from outer space?
(a) They try to jam the signal
(b) They warn people not to watch
(c) They ban television
(d) They produce an Anti-Trippy Show

3. What does Laurie realize one of the tentacles is doing after the arrival of the tank?
(a) Nodding agreement
(b) Keeping time to the music
(c) Humming
(d) Investigating the birds

4. What is Laurie doing when Uncle Ian arrives?
(a) Watching television
(b) Eating an apple
(c) Checking out the boat with his father
(d) Having lunch with Andy

5. What kind of car does Uncle Ian drive?
(a) A Rolls
(b) A Renault
(c) A Volkswagon
(d) A Jaguar

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andy see outside the window that he points out to Laurie?

2. What is on the television when Laurie wakes the following morning?

3. What does Aunt Caroline say about Nathanael when she talks to Laurie on the phone?

4. How many parts of the series were originally planned?

5. What does the author say is a fundamental weakness of science fiction books?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author say the Tripods came to inhabit the Earth?

2. What does the author say about a science fiction writer's ability to predict the future?

3. What is Angela's reaction when she learns that Laurie hadn't taped the Trippy show?

4. What does the article from the Daily Mail suggest about the Trippy Show?

5. What does Dr. Monmouth suggest about the Trippy Show and the reason people are being hypnotized by it?

6. What does Laurie say about the attention he and Andy receive because they witnessed the Tripod?

7. What is the reaction of police when people are reported missing and why?

8. Why does Ilse offer Laurie cookies and why does he refuse?

9. What is the argument Ian and Nathanael give to try to convince Laurie to accept a Cap?

10. What does Caroline say happened to Ian and Nathanael?

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